Yeah, really... enviro-whackos envision/demand thousands of E-vehicles on the road by tomorrow and yet the charging stations can be counted on one hand.
[Rabbit trail: I’m still waiting for somebody to propose an ‘electric rail’ down the middle of every highway lane... a means of continuously delivering electricity to vehicles, a la the catenary lines for electric trains. There’s still not enough power generation on the planet to make that actually work, but it would at least limit the need for lithium.]
Once again, putting the cart before the horse. The limitations on electrical power generation and distribution is the problem that should be tackled FIRST.
Go nuclear, and not just in rhetoric. There are recent developments in the design and cost containment of nuclear plants, that allow them to to built in a manufacturing facility, trucked or shipped via rail to the site, and be set up and running in weeks, not years. The Small Modular Atomic Reactor program is specifically designed for remote localities, but may also piggyback on existing grid distribution centers. These designs have addressed most of the continuing objections to older Light Water Reactor designs, in that they are able to run flat out for 24/7/365 for up to eight years, with no possibility of “China Syndrome” meltdown, no changing out of “spent” uranium rods and the resulting long-term storage problems of the radioactive waste.
Then we shall talk about the electrification of the privately-owned vehicles on the roadways and in urban areas. With all this electricity being generated in a safe and economical manner, the price of electricity would fall so low, it would be economically feasible to generate hydrogen on demand by electrolysis from stagnant waters, put in fuel cells for these electrically powered vehicles, and distribute the hydrogen by means of a swap-out tank, much like propane tanks for home cooking grills.
But the growth of this technology would have to be market-driven, and not the dictated edict of loons in the state legislatures. People will be using hydrocarbon-based internal combustion engines until probably well into the 22nd Century. The technology is well known, proven to have high output per dollar invested, and the application is highly flexible.